Supreme Court of India

Dadan Ram and Ors. v. State of Bihar and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 12 S.C.R. 507
Bench Tarun Chatterjee and P. Sathasiv Am JJ.
Decided 23 November 2007

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the orders C inipugned suffer from the infirmity of not giving reasonable opportunity to the appellants before reopening the proceedings.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Land Ceiling: Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition c of Surplus Land) Act, 1961-s.45- -Land declared as surplus-- . Distributed to downtrodden-Parcha issued in their name and possession also delivered-Reopening of case under s.45- without issuing or giving opportunity of hearing to parcha holders in possession of land-Correctness of-Held: Not correct-Proceedings under s.45- 1 Bare quasi judicial in nature-Before reopening the concluded issue, authority had to satisfy minimum requirement of principles of natural justice by issuai:ce of notice and hearing-Natural

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